We had a really interesting day today. We started out driving to Sturgis, SD just to see what it is all about. That is where they have a huge motorcycle rally each year. It doesn't start until August 8, but they are definitely getting ready for it!!! Sturgis, itself, is not much of a town. They do have a motorcycle museum. But, from the pictures you can find on the internet of the motorcycle rally, it is really hopping. I suspect that they make enough money during a week or so in August to support the town the entire year. That is a picture of the museum at the beginning of today's entry.
Then we took off south on a highway that is supposed to help us find Nemo (the town, not the fish). The first thing I see on the highway is a sign which says the highway is a 'certified weed free highway'. I am still pondering what that meant. There were definitely weeds growing along the highway. So, maybe it meant that you could not smoke weed as you drove along the highway. I don't know, but I thought it was pretty interesting.
After driving a while, we found Nemo. The picture above proves it!! There was not much to Nemo, but I am glad that we were able to locate it without having to swim with the turtles.
From there, we drove on down through Hill City to the highway that goes by Mt. Rushmore (we did not stop at Mt. Rushmore this year, but you can scan our older blog entries to see the pictures from the last time we were here). Right before the turn, we saw a mountain goat family on the side of the road. There were beautiful lakes and lots of rock formations which I got pictures of. THEN, we went back to bear country. All of those pictures are in the slide show below!!!
The last thing to mention is that, on the way back from our outing, we saw a car from Iowa with an Ole Miss Baseball sticker in their window. We waved and they waved back!!! Isn't that great. All the way in SD and we find Ole Miss baseball fans!!!
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